Usually means: Avoid directly confronting or addressing.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word sidestep:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. sidestep: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sidestep: Merriam-Webster
  3. sidestep: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sidestep: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sidestep: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sidestep: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sidestep, sidestep: Wordnik
  8. sidestep: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sidestep: Wiktionary
  10. sidestep: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sidestep: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sidestep: Dictionary.com
  13. sidestep (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. sidestep: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. sidestep: Rhymezone
  16. sidestep: FreeDictionary.org
  17. sidestep: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. sidestep: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sidestep: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sidestep: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sidestep: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sidestep: Sports Definitions

(Note: See sidestepped as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A step to the side.
noun:  A physical motion or metaphorical act to avoid or dodge something.
verb:  (intransitive) To step to the side.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To avoid or dodge.

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